I am only having the right side done on the 20th. The left side is scheduled for May 15th. The doctor said I would need the two months to recover from the first one. I am praying that the right (first) side goes ok as I don't want to spend the two months of recovery dreading the next up coming surgery (left side) I have been told I have only two choices, 1) surgery or 2) say on lovenox the rest of my life. For those who have been on the lovenox shots for an extended period of time may realize just how awful it would be to have to take the shots the rest of your life, seven months of them have already been enough for me.